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BIG IDEAS

MATTHIAS SPANKE

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BIG IDEAS

Visual Merchandising and retail expert Matthias Spanke with his team of international industry specialists are the brains behind BIG IDEAS Visual Merchandising. Together, they are a strong network of creative minds with 20 years of experience in all aspects of retail brand staging.

BIG IDEAS Visual Merchandising supports you in all of the following areas:

Consulting
Conception
Visual Merchandising Directives
Training and Coaching
Recruitment
Field Support

Our ideas will help you increase your sales, generate cost savings and maximize your profit.

How do we do it? Firstly, we analyze the processes of your visual merchandising. Then we identify optimization potentials and solutions in design, communication with the point of sale, your personnel structure and material procurement. All this is done in collaboration with you.

BIG IDEAS Visual Merchandising represents visual merchandising in fashion and home with measured success.

BIG IDEAS Visual Merchandising: Your success in visual merchandising.

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MATTHIAS SPANKE

As a visual merchandising expert, Matthias Spanke has been shaping the visual PoS appearances of nationally and internationally leading retailers for nearly 20 years. He is founder of the full-service agency BIG IDEAS Visual Merchandising, which has offices in the United States and in Germany.

With his agencies SPANKE CONSULTING and INSPIRED Visual Merchandising he worked with customers such as Adidas, Diesel, Hugo Boss, Jil Sander, Manor, Mercedes Benz Style, Porsche Design, Wormland and many others.

Through his work in senior level in-house positions of international companies he gained extensive experience.

MACY’s Inc., New York – Vice President Creative Director Visual Merchandising
Tally Weijl, Switzerland – Global Head of Visual Merchandising
Tom Tailor, Germany – Global Head of Visual Merchandising
Tchibo, Germany – Head of Display, Graphic & Design

Matthias Spanke is the author of the specialist books "Easy Branding in Fashion Retail" and "Erfolgreiches Visual Merchandising" (Eng.: Successful Visual Merchandising) and has made numerous contributions to specialist magazines.

CURATED BRANDS

CONSULTING

Our focus: Your brand, your sales.

We review customer needs and develop innovative and feasible concepts - no matter whether they are in category management, technical merchandising, space planning or customer management.

Your goal is our goal: Branding and sales increase.

Our services:

Integrated approach to merchandise presentation, merchandise management, shop fitting and POS design
Analysis of POS and process flows
Definition of optimization and savings potential
Implementation and evaluation of test setups
Redesign of retail spaces
Interim and project management

SERVICES

WINDOW

& IN-STORE

Your products: Perfectly staged.

We combine your latest product trends with the worldwide newest visual merchandising trends and adapt these perfectly to your branding.

We stringently align the design to the needs and expectations of your target customers. We achieve maximum success for you – whether in-store or window.

Our services:

Analysis of customer needs
Innovative and feasible concepts
Merchandise presentation and category management
Space planning and customer guidance
3D visualizations
Material procurement and production, commissioning and shipping

Clear goals: maximum sales, sustainable image building and optimal customer orientation

VM DIRECTIVES

Guidelines: The multiplier of your success concept.

We develop visual merchandising guidelines for the optimal implementation at the point of sale. Clear rules and regulations with explanatory visualizations.

Our services:

General, seasonal and showroom guidelines
Sales increase and image building
Practical and proven implementation
Simple handling, designed for visual merchandisers or sales staff

PROJECTS

TRAINING

& COACHING

Maximum know-how for your POS.

The expert Matthias Spanke passes on his knowledge to you and your staff.

We develop individual trainings with theoretical and practical content specifically for your company. In doing so, we systematically introduce your team to the topic of visual merchandising.

Together with you, we analyze all areas of your stores and develop suitable concepts for training, coaching or presentations.

Our services:

Training, coaching, and lecture sessions individually developed for your company
Theoretical and practical content
For sales staff and visual merchandisers
Combination of information and emotion

RECRUITMENT

Connecting people, creating careers.

We take the worldwide selection of professionals in visual merchandising, decoration and window design – for all product areas and position levels – off your hands.

We have an exclusive candidate pool of more than 5,000 experienced and trained professionals.

We offer our personnel service to you without obligation and risk because we only charge for successful placements.

Our services:

Specialists in visual merchandising, window design and decoration
All product areas and position levels
Large network of more than 5,000 trained visual merchandisers
Without obligation and risk-free
Only success-dependent remuneration
Free replacement within the trial period

REFERENCES

We cover Europe & the United States.

We are working with a versatile and selected group of visual merchandisers. As the tasks can be as unique as the expertise of our specialists, a hand picked team of visual merchandising staff will focus on the implementation of your concepts and ensure accurate execution. Window or instore, textiles or hardware – we will always put top experts in charge on your behalf.

Our all inclusive service enables easy budget planning and guarantees cost effective handling. No extra charges apply for travel expenses and travel times.

Our services: